About

Founded in 2011 by Anthony Bellotti, a former Republican strategist who worked in a lab, White Coat Waste (WCW) reinvented the animal testing fight — and led conservatives to the cause.

“A new kind of group has played a pivotal role in transforming animal testing into a right-wing cause. The White Coat Waste Project… spearheaded that effort”
— The New York Times

WCW is a bipartisan government watchdog. Our mission: unite Democrats and Republicans to end taxpayer-funded animal testing. Our strategy:  Stop the money. Stop the madness.

Fauci’s beagle tests: Exposed
Wuhan lab funding: Uncovered
Transgender mice: Revealed
Largest federal cat lab: Closed

We’ve rescued, saved, and spared more than 29,000 animals.

We’ve cut more than $99 million in wasteful spending. We’ve abolished over 114 labs.

Internal Veterans Affairs dog lab email (obtained via FOIA) recognizing WCW ended the culture of losing in the animal rights establishment.

Largest federal dog lab: Shut down
Navy’s cat and dog testing: Banned
Fauci’s Monkey Island: Exposed
Transgender mice: Revealed
Pentagon’s testing on pets: Abolished
EPA’s animal testing program: Closed
VA’s dog, cat, and primate tests: Ended
FDA’s largest primate lab: Closed
NIH’s human fetal tissue animal tests: Banned
COVID “Patient 0” and gain-of-function receipts: Revealed
Retirement policies at NIH, VA, DOD, and FDA: Won
First state law banning funds for max-pain cat and dog tests: Passed
Cat and all animal labs in Russia: Defunded
Movement to end foreign lab funding: Launched
And more

“White Coat Waste would notch substantial victories, helping shut down several animal research projects and slash tens of millions of dollars in government funding for such studies.”
— Science

“The White Coat Waste Project is writing a controversial new activist playbook — and it’s unclear whether anyone can control the forces that it has helped to unleash.”
— BuzzFeed

WCW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our investigations and campaigns have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fox News, and more.

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